Andrea Cherubini
Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Centre Inria de l'Université de Rennes, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, Sapienza University of Rome, Gestione Sistemi per l’Informatica (Italy), École Centrale de Nantes
Papers
85
Total Citations
3,106
H-Index
27
About
Andrea Cherubini is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans physical human-robot interaction, rehabilitation robotics, deformable object manipulation, and autonomous mobile robot navigation. His research has fundamentally advanced how robots collaborate with and assist humans in both industrial and clinical settings. Cherubini's most celebrated contribution, "Collaborative Manufacturing with Physical Human-Robot Interaction" (2016, 569 citations), established foundational frameworks for safe, intuitive human-robot collaboration in manufacturing environments. Complementing this, his work on combining vision and haptic sensing for collaborative carrying tasks demonstrated innovative sensor-fusion approaches to shared human-robot actions. In rehabilitation, he has made significant strides in robot-assisted gait training for stroke patients and articulated principled guidelines for neurorehabilitation robots, collectively accumulating nearly 400 citations across two landmark papers. More recently, Cherubini has emerged as a leading voice in deformable object manipulation — an exceptionally challenging frontier in robotics — with his 2022 survey garnering 244 citations and multiple papers addressing cable shaping and dual-arm manipulation. His early mobile robotics work on visual navigation and obstacle avoidance further demonstrates the breadth of his expertise. Altogether, his portfolio reflects a career dedicated to making robots more capable, safe, and genuinely useful to people.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Collaborative manufacturing with physical human–robot interaction569 citations · 2016
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- 3Challenges and Outlook in Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects244 citations · 2022
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- 5Dual-arm robotic manipulation of flexible cables124 citations · 2018
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- 7Collaborative human-humanoid carrying using vision and haptic sensing100 citations · 2014
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- 9Autonomous Visual Navigation and Laser-Based Moving Obstacle Avoidance83 citations · 2014
- 10Visual navigation of a mobile robot with laser-based collision avoidance75 citations · 2012